This is the one that started it all. A 1971 Ford Pinto that was stolen and driven off into a flooded quarry. It was found by divers about a year later. A body shop bought it for the frontend clip. There the top was cut off as well. When I got it, (from, my favorite uncle) we towed it 130 miles home. I spent the entire trip carsick from looking backwards to make sure nothing happened to my treasure. The motor was stuck, but we eventually got it freed up. Unfortunately it didn't have enough compression to run. Further surgery (with an airhammer) on my part destroyed the remaining structural integrity of the uni-body. I pulled the engine/trans with plans of using it in a future project. My father-in-law gave the engine awy 15 yrs later...I still have the tranny in the junkpile! The kid in the picture is my cousin's boy J.C. Last I heard he was a cop.